Apparatus for marking lumber and similar products.



B. F. HENDRICKS. APPARATUS FOR MARKING LUMBER AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJB. I916.

Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

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BENJAMIN F. HENDRICKS, OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR ONE-SIX'IIH TO ZJ'.A.1V.[IE1Sv C, MoMAI-ION, OF LAKE'CH'ABLES, LOUISIANA APPARATUS FOR MARKING LUMBER 'AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS.

Specification of Letterslatent. fgfigntedAuog 2S 1917;,

ApplicationfiledAugust 28,1916... Serial Ne..11 7, 28 5. J

To all whom iv.- mag concern:

Be it known that. I, BENJAMIN vF; HnN- DRIC-KS, a citizen of the United States residing (Lt-Lillie Charles,in.-the;parish..of Cal-. casieu and State of Loulsiana,have-invent ed certain new and useful. Improvements in...

Apparatus for Marking Lumber andSimilar Products; and I do hereby declare the followingtobe a. full, clear, and exact def scription of the invention, such :as willen:

. able others skilled in the art to which. it ap:

pertains to make and usethe same...

This invention relates to an. apparatusfor imprinting. or impressingletters, figures, or 4 1- other characters or.designs upon. lumber or;

other material, and has for its Obj8Cll.tO.1I)1'Qr.

ride a mechanism which will be simhleil'la.

construction, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and moreefficient in action than those thathave been heretofore pro oscda lVith these and other. objects, in view, the invention-consists 1n the novel deta1l$. of construction and comblnations. of" parts more fully hereinafter disclosed. and particularly pointed out intlie claims.

Referring. to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the v1ews:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic elevational,

view of an apparatus made in accordance with this inventlon;

Fig. 2v is a plan view of the parts shown, in F1g. 1;

31s a detail view, partly in. 560111011,

a e n I u 0 of the nking. mechanism lllustrated in Fig. 1; and

Fi .1 is a view similar to Him, 3 illustrating. the-brush or other cleaning mechanism with which theapparatus is provided.

1 indicates any suitable shaft j'ournaled in hearings diagrammatically indicated: by the dotted lines as at 2,

letters, figures. numerals, trade marks, de-

signs. indicated by the numeral 10, or any combination thereof, which 1t 1S desired to impress in material. The bearing 2 for the shaft 1 may be conveniently attached to or located and on said shaft is I mounted the, wheel 3 provided with the or print upon lumber or other upon any suitable wood worl ring ll1ttCl'llll6 Ol' apparatus which is manipulating ,the lumj-f berfor, other material to be marked. The said shaft of, course,-ma y be disposed either horizontally, orvcrtically, or in any other desired position. I

The .wheel 3 is conveniently retained upon the shaft 1 as by the collar or wa-sher 8 which may be secured to the shaft 1 means of the bolt orother fastening means 9.

Mounted on the shaft 2 and rigid therewith is an arm. 11, provided witlra bifurcated 'endaffordingtheproject ons or spin- 'dles 12 and- 13. Upon. thespindle 12,1310- cated the frame 1%, securedto said spindle as by the set screw 15, and journaled in ,said frame is the inking roller 16. Rising from saidframe,14 is the bracket or support 17{ to which is attached the ink container or receptacle 18 .provided with the spout or delivery 19, which may be .of any suitable shape or construction butwhich'is preferably} of the shape shown, andis further pro vided witlra narrow orifice equal in length tothe width of theroller,-16, andsaid orifice is also provided with one or. more strips 20, ofjfelt, rubber or other. material suitable for spreading the ink smoothly evenly on the said'roller 16-. The container 18 is conveniently filled through an orifice at its top which is normally closed by the plug 21-. The set screw enables the roller16 to be adjusted along the spindle 12 andinto such a position that thetype plates 4 will contact with the said roller; at each'revolution'of the wheel 3, all in a manner thatwill be readily understood.

Upon the spindle 13 is secured the frame 25 carrying a brush or other wiping means 26; A'set screw 27permits of adjustment the foregoing, but may be summarized as follows:'Suppose for example, that lumber such as 40, is to be marked immediately v of the said brush 26 to and from the periphafter it is sawed, planed or immediately after any other operation is had thereon The shaft 1 is located in such a position that the periphery of the loosely mounted wheel 3 will contact with the traveling surface of said lumber 40 and thus motion will be imparted to said Wheel. The plates 4 will successively pass under the brush 26 supported by the rigidly mounted arm 11 and thereby be rendered clean just before they successively contact with the inking roller 16, and receive ink from said roller. The continued rotation of said wheel and plates 4 will cause the latter to successively contact with the traveling surface of the said lumber or other material being marked, whereupon in the instance described, the designs or characters 10 carried by the plates 4 will be successively imprinted upon the said lumber. In order to facilitate the printing operation the said plates 4 are conveniently located in recesses in the periphery of the Wheel 3 so thatthey may normally extend beyond the periphery of said wheel 3 and be forced radially and inwardly against the compression of the spring 5 as they contact with the traveling lumber.

The above operation supposes the wheel to be rotated in the direction of the arrows or in a counter-clockwise direction as illustrated in Fig. 1. Should it be desired, however, to rotate the wheel in an opposite direction, it is only necessary to shift the inking apparatus from the spindle 12 to the spindle l3, and to shift the brush 26 from the spindle 13 to the spindle 12, whereupon the parts will function as above disclosed. Of course, a plurality of wheels such as 3 and inking and printing devices may be operated upon the same shaft 2, if desired, and it is further evident that the wheel 3 may be of any desired size. The inking apparatus or roller may be protected by any suitable cover as is indicated at 41 in dotted lines in Fig. 1. This cover, however,

is omitted in Figs. 2 and 3 for the sake of clearnes s.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction, as well as the arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention, and therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

What I claim is 1. In an apparatus of the class described the combination of a shaft; a wheel loosely mounted on said shaft adapted to be retated by the movement of the material to be rotation of said wheel; and means for radially adjusting the positions of said brush and inking device relative to said marking device, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a shaft; a wheel adapted to be rotated by the material to be marked provided with a recess in its periphery and loosely mounted on said shaft; a marking device located in and radially movable in said recess; a spring for controlling the movements of said marking device in said recess; an arm adjustably mounted on said shaft and provided with a pair of spindles; a radially adjustable inking device carried by one of said spindles adapted to supply ink to said marking device; a radially adjustable brush carried by the other of said spindles adapted to clean said marking device; means for readily interchangingthe positions of said brush and inking device when the direction of rotation of said wheel is changed; and means to supply ink to said inking device also carried by one of said spindles, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus of the class described the combination of a shaft; a wheel adapted to be rotated by the material to be marked provided with a recess in its periphery and mounted on said shaft; a marking device located in and radially movable in said recess; a spring for controlling the movements of said marking device in said recess; an arm adjustably mounted onvsaid shaft; a spindle carried by said arm; an inking device comprising a roller and means to supply ink to said roller carried by said spindle and adapted to supply ink to said marking device; means to adjust said inking device to and from said marking device; a second spindle carried by said arm; and a brush located in advance of said inking device adjustably mounted on said second spindle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. HENDRICKS.

Witnesses:

G. C. HARDEN, J. E. TERRELL.

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